Melissa Fay Greene asks how much snow could strand thousands of kids overnight in schools, send trucks and buses spinning out of control and cause a statewide State of Emergency and the National Guard to come out?

A former Los Angeles public schools official is suing the system over settlements with dozens of students who were awarded $470,000 each, alleging that a teacher sentenced to prison on charges of lewd behavior never came into abusive contact with those children.

The results of an environmental impact study into the Keystone XL pipeline project will be announced Friday afternoon, two senior administration officials and another source familiar with the timing told CNN.

Pointing to investigative work, the family of Leanne Hecht Bearden says the 33-year-old woman -- who set off for a 1-hour walk two weeks ago from her in-laws' Texas home but didn't return -- may have left voluntarily.

The 18 operators of a high-end drug trafficking and prostitution ring allegedly banking on Super Bowl week to deliver "party packs" of cocaine and prostitutes have been arrested, New York authorities said Thursday.

Bubbly water and politics haven't mixed well for Hollywood actor Scarlett Johansson. After recovering from a kerfuffle over a Super Bowl ad she appears in, she suffered a painful blow over it Thursday.

While U.S. sports fans were coming to terms with the news that glamor girl Lindsey Vonn would miss the Winter Olympics, the woman who could again prove to be the nation's skiing sweetheart was relaxing on a beach.